Click on the Video Below and Sample a Session from the last Digital Hollywood event. For Additional Video Sessions, Click Here CES 2007, Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall Monday, January 8 Noon - 1:00 PM Session C - ME7 - Mobile Entertainment Track Implications of Mobile Device & Service Innovation – How Video & Audio Enhancement Drive Avenues for Subscriber and Revenue Expansion The wireless experience is merging with entertainment consciousness. What was thought to be absurd two years ago is now fait accompli. The mobile device is about to reinvent itself once again to include the full range of entertainment dynamics, from just a phone to a device with the functionality of a radio or MP3 player abd the video quality of a DVD player. Video phones will be for watching TV, watching friends on vacation and for watching movies. Mobile devices will range from the mini, the micro to the mini-laptop, perfect for watching full-featured live sporting events. Music will be accessed via the mobile device. Video shopping will be become a factor in the marketplace. The parameters of the mobile audio and video experience are only now beginning to be understood. Brett Crossley, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, PacketVideo Corporation Eric G.C. Mark, Associate Partner, Media & Entertainment Strategy, IBM Global Business Service André Pagnac, Chief Executive Officer, Actimagine Pankaj Kedia, Director, UMPC Ecosystem Programs, Intel Peter Skillman, Director of New Product Development, Palm, Inc. Muzib Kahn, Vice President, Samsung Mobile Scott Campbell, VP Business Development, Digital Media, Arbinet-thexchange, Inc., Moderator Eric G.C. Mark, Associate Partner, Media & Entertainment Strategy, IBM Global Business Service: A native of Toronto, Eric Mark is a senior member of IBM's Los Angeles-based Media & Entertainment Strategy practice. With over a dozen years of industry-related business-consulting experience, Mr. Mark has worked with most of the major studios and music companies, as well as many other enterprises focused on the development and distribution of digital content, on strategic issues concerning new businesses, new products, and new services. Mr. Mark also helps his clients with industry and competitive assessments, and is a frequent contributor to IBM's media and entertainment thought-leadership initiatives. Earlier this year, Mr. Mark worked with a major home-video retailer developing its strategy for online video distribution. Since then, he has developed a scenario-envisioning initiative to help a broadcast network explore its opportunities for the future. Other recent activities include working with a cable network to develop the business plan for and to design its new licensing organization, developing the vision and medium-term strategy for an online music retailer, and presenting perspectives on the future of television to telecommunications companies determining their desired roles in the evolving world of content distribution. Mr. Mark came to IBM Global Business Services as part of IBM's acquisition of PricewaterhouseCoopers' management-consulting business. Prior to joining PwC Consulting, Mr. Mark was a strategy consultant at A.T. Kearney. Mr. Mark holds an MBA from The Wharton School and an MA in International Studies from The Lauder Institute of the University of Pennsylvania, in addition to a BMath from the University of Waterloo. Pankaj Kedia is the director of Global Ecosystem Programs for the Ultra Mobility Group at Intel. In this role, Pankaj is responsible for working with the industry to enable a complete hardware and software solution for the UMPC platform, ensure the availability of rich, intuitive applications, content, and services, and taking the complete solution to market. Pankaj joined Intel in 1996 and has held a range of executive advisory, marketing, planning, and business development roles across the Handheld, Notebook, and Server segments. Prior to Intel, he was in the management consulting industry for 5 years leading projects in strategy, management, and information technology. Pankaj holds an MBA from Wharton, an MS from the University of Michigan, and a BS from the Indian Institute of Technology. André PAGNAC, Actimagine, Chief Executive Officer: André is a co-founder of Actimagine Corp. which was created in 2003 to conceive, patent and license display software technologies. Prior Actimagine, André spent most of his carrier in software publishing for graphic industries, occupying various executive positions in Europe and Asia. At Actimagine, he established relationships and licensing agreements of Actimagine video codec, most notably with Nintendo Co. Ltd, Fisher-Price, Sony Ericsson or Nokia to deliver AAA rated contents on mobile platforms. Peter Skillman, Director of New Product Development, Palm, Inc.: As director of new product development at Palm, Peter works with a team, including product marketing and engineering, who are responsible for creating the strategic roadmap for new products and technologies. This includes product visualization, design, hardware and software features, and the intersection of customer needs. Previously Peter was the director of product design engineering at Handspring, where he was responsible for Treo smartphone mechanical engineering and industrial design. He also oversaw the design of Visor handheld products before helping the company transition to wireless products. Before he joined the handheld and smartphone space, Peter was senior project manager and designer at IDEO, an international product design/consulting firm. In this role, he led projects ranging from design of portable computers for Dell Computer, future camera strategies for Kodak, and development of the first production GM/Hughes electric vehicle. Peter earned a bachelor’s degree from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and an master’s in engineering/product design from Stanford University, where he is currently a lecturer in the design program. He also is a registered professional engineer (P.E.) in California. Dr. Muzibul Khan, Vice President of Product Management and Engineering, Wireless Terminals Division, Samsung Telecommunications America: Dr. Muzibul Khan is vice president of product management and engineering for the wireless terminals division of Samsung Telecommunications America. As Samsung's lead engineer and product planner, Dr. Khan works closely with carriers and technology partners to define and develop innovative handsets with intuitive features that complement carriers' service offerings and are easy for consumers to use. Before joining Samsung, Dr. Khan was with Lucent Technologies/Philips Consumer Communications for six years. He served as technical manager responsible for Systems Engineering, Standards and Regulatory Compliance for wireless terminals and infrastructure products. Prior to this position, Dr. Khan was an associate professor of electrical engineering at Lakehead University, Canada Dr. Khan obtained his doctorate degree from Concordia University in Adaptive Error Control Coding for Satellite communications. He has authored more than 30 technical publications and received two patents with several patents pending. Dr. Khan received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Electrical Communications Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia.